It was no surprise then to see our scores tumble somewhat in that round.

Well done Gavin then as our top scorer with a very respectable and hard earned 859- Respect!

While R13 is a bye round, only two teams are sitting it out: Rabbitohs and Titans.

All the same they have got good form players and value players in their ranks so it could very well affect us.

HELP?

One thing I'm not sure of:

We have a limited number of transfers for the season. I know how we are limited to either two or in big bye rounds four transfers but...

When does the comp finish? Is it at the end of the regular season Round 26 or does it continue through to the Grand Final? If so are we allowed any more transfers as obviously our choice of players diminishes to eventually two teams in the Final and lots of transfers would be needed to make up some sort of a team in the final - otherwise some people might not have more than one or two players taking the field at that point?

I've had a look at the rules but haven't found the right place to answer this. It just seems to tell us how many swaps we can have during the 26 rounds - 2 or sometimes 4 up to the total of 40 for the season.

If you know the answer because you've found it somewhere, or have played the comp before and can speak from experience, it would be very helpful to the rest of us.

Head to Head League Ladder After Round 12

Congratulations to Peter for still maintaining your 100% record, 9 from 9, in the head-to-head comp.

Hi again, thanks for the praise, have to say i'm very pleased with the 9 from 9, luckly i captained Mateo whos been a massive dissapointment upto now this season, I'm not a fan of playing the bye rounds, its the first time they've done it, burnt way too many trades to date and with only 19 left i might have to resist-with the exeption of getting marshall this week whos dirt cheap and should come good.

The compertition will continue for 26 rounds, after round 22 the league will be split, the Top 8 finals position ( and 9th to 16th will continue to play in a Minor Premiership Finals Series) will play a knockout compertition resulting in a grand final on round 26.

The organisation of the rest of the finals series is dependent upon whether teams won or lost in week 1 and their final ranking on the ladder before the finals. The two lowest-ranked losers are eliminated from the finals, whilst the two highest-ranked winners progress straight to Week 3.

A round with byes has a consequence for most of us in that our scores tend to be lower. Special mention in dispatches then to Peter and Steven at the top of the ladder who both topped the 1000 point mark with their team selections - great management there!

I reckon a score in the 900's is a worthy one and there were four team captains who achieved this level: James, David (Thatcham's Rabbitohs), Simon and David (Daves Dynamos).

It's a competitive league this season with dog fights at all levels. Simon's Munich Storm has moved up from 9th to 7th.

Robert's Stax Dream Team has moved up one place too.

Cracking stuff!

Head to Head League Ladder After Round 13

That's a leap up by my reckoning for David's Thatcham Rabbitohs from 5th to 3rd place in the ladder though it is on points difference as after Peter on top with 10 wins from 10 (20 points) there's five teams (James, David, Gavin, Steven and Simon on 8 wins out of 10 ) It's not just a close run thing there either. This table really is competitive with me (Graham) and Ian holding our top eight places. After that there's a real skirmish between Najet, Tom, Jeff, Richard and David in the push for a top eight place. All have 10 points from 10 games and are pushing hard. There's some very good teams surprisingly low down the ladder. This is a belting league with the prospect of tight matches and ladder movements aplenty to come..

Peter and Steven consistently get the 1000+ point scores. Special mention this week also to Tom and Richard who both also topped that mark.

This saw them both move up a place each in the ladder. I thought it was a tricky week what as last minute injuries to some key players was an element thrown into the mix meaning that a fair number of us scored below our average number of points. Round 19 at least sees a clear week when all the teams take to the park. I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies!

Good luck in R17 then mates

Head to Head League Ladder After Round 16

Well done Steven and Gavin this week - both jumping two places now holding places 2 and 3 respectively.

Among other climbers this week is Steph who jumps from 15th last week to 13th this time.

It was always going to be tough to score heavily in this the last of the big bye rounds of the season with I guess more and more teams having fewer and fewer transfers left in the kitty. Richard was our top scorer with very creditable 919 points which moved him above David and his Dynamos. Thatcham Rabbitohs' David on the other hand and Gavin's Restoftheworldvaus both nipped above James and his Jimmy's Jobbers.

Looking at the points totals there's some very close calls in all sections of the ladder, so it's still all to play for. Peter at the top has a 1,000 point buffer as we move towards the last eight rounds.

We're not quite out of the woods though in the bye season with Broncos, Bulldogs, Storm and Cowboys all not involved in Round 19. So just a last little hurdle to leap before entering the final stretch. To help those with plenty of trades left we have got up to four available to make this round.

Head to Head League Ladder After Round 18

Peter remains at the top with good buffer having one victory more than nearest rival Gavin and a very healthy points difference (+4469) The league point scores now step down from the top. The first group at the top all on 22 points is David (4th) Graham (5th) and James (6th). there were some very close calls in that round with one or two decent scorers being pipped by their opponents - well that is the luck of the draw in this head to head ladder! Steph just lost out this round but is putting together a good run of results (4-1 in wins out of the last 5 head to heads).

Not sure how the rest of the season works out... is it a case of knock out rounds? Maybe someone could give us an idea of how the rest of the season's head to head league works?

What a cracking set of scores this week. These are the highest set of scores for the season so far. So Gavin's score of 1,462 is the highest score any of us have attained all season. respect to you Gavin. The other three in our top four, Peter, Steven and David (TRab), scored terrifically well too. Our third highest score though went to Richard down in 7th place closing the gap dramatically on James in sixth.

So 10 out of 20 of us topped the 1000 point mark this week - well done to all. James, Kev, Nuggy and Steph were all in a huddle round the mid 800s. Special mention to Tyler then who outscored a fair number of teams above him.

With the promise of a full set of eight games every week until the end of the regular season we'll all be hoping for these sort of scores regularly now to the end.

One or two injuries to popular players will keep us on our toes.

Head to Head League Ladder After Round 20

Gavin, Graham and Richard have won all their last five head to heads. It's Gavin who is keeping up the pressure on Peter up at the top. Both have now scored 30 points . Peter is almost a thousand points up in the points difference category.

The top eight is all to play for with lots players on equal league points. Three or four players outside the top eight will be feeling they have a decent chance of breaking in there before season end.

This week however the top eight positions belong to the same people as last week. David (DDynamos has climbed into the 20 point group and has displaced Tom for 9th place.

Superb competition this season.

Well done everyone and good luck this week in Round 21.The heat is on!!!

From my point of view I went into Monday nights game leading Gavin by about 50 odd points. I knew I'd be up against it though as I had just one Bulldogs forward to score for me while Gavin had Trent Hodkinson and Michael Ennis up his sleeve. That did for me! Well done Gavin.

So eight coaches scored over 1000 points in the round: Peter, Steven, David (ThR), Gavin, Graham, Steph, Ian and Tyler.

It's Tyler who gets the big raps for this round scoring 1012 from 19th place in the ladder. Well done mate.

The closest call of the round was Najet beating Kev by one point!!! Ah so close yet so far Kev! Well done Najet.

Gavin and Richard are the two form players having won all of their last five head to heads.

Ian is the only player outside the top eight who has won more than he's lost.

Am I right in thinking there's just one more head to head round this season (R22)?